” Preferences Jessica didn’t look like I expected my future wife to look, but honestly that didn’t matter to me. But as I grew in my faith and my heart changed, my preferences started changing too. It feels more like settling to overlook a godly woman merely because of her ethnicity. There’s nothing necessarily wrong with having preferences, but we have to hold them with an open hand.Don’t get me wrong, I thought she was beautiful from the first time I met her. My main preference was that my wife be godly, and Jessica was. I know some people who overlook a potential godly spouse because they don’t fit some random preference.

Though if I did, the fact that my wife has never seen an episode of “Martin” would be in the con category.

And I feel privileged to stand here and serve as part of this amazing effort towards unity in God’s church.

As a “Trip’s written a book that I think every young person needs to read.

Whenever I post pictures of my family on social media, the responses are always fun. I don’t think anyone should be shocked or disappointed by interracial marriages, but I still wanted to talk about why I married outside my “race.

” But one of the other common responses is, “Is your wife white? This is irrelevant to some, but shocking or even disappointing to others.